Frequently Asked Questions

Acordle is a mobile chord game inspired by the world of guitar. You place your fingers on a virtual fretboard, strum with your finger, and hear how each string sounds with the real sound that chord would produce.

The experience is designed as a fast, replayable challenge with scoring, streaks, lives, leaderboards, and a real musical foundation underneath.

Anyone can enjoy it, though people with a curiosity about music and guitar will probably enjoy it the most. It can also be appealing for players who already know some chords and want to revisit them, practise them, or explore progressions in a different way.

Remembering chords is a very important part of playing guitar, but you will need more than that: fretting technique, strumming technique, rhythm, picking, and practice on a real instrument.

Acordle is not a guitar course, has no guided exercises, and does not replace a teacher. It is designed as a game, but it is built on real chords and real musical logic. If you ever pick up a real guitar, some of what you have seen or practised here may feel familiar.

It can also be a useful way to fill small gaps in the day while still doing something musical: waiting for someone, sitting on public transport, or taking a short break while reviewing real chord names and shapes.

Think of it as a memory game. During each session, chords appear at the top of the screen. The first time you see a chord, you replicate its diagram on the fretboard. Once you have played and strummed it correctly, the next time it appears you only see the chord name.

1. Place your fingers in the correct fretboard positions for the chord that appears.
2. Strum the strings by swiping across the bottom of the screen, making sure you do not miss any strings or strum extra ones.
3. Acordle instantly tells you whether you got it right or wrong. If you made a mistake, it highlights the positions or strings you should not have played and the ones you missed.
4. If you make a mistake or time runs out before you complete the strum, you lose a life. Three strikes and the game is over.
5. If you play all the chords in the level correctly without the diagram, you complete the level and unlock the next one.

The faster you are, the more points you earn. Consecutive correct answers build a streak that awards bonus points.

• Beginner: the first chords people typically learn when picking up the guitar.
• Intermediate: barre chords and more complex shapes.
• Advanced: chords grouped by key; you need to complete three rounds to finish the level.

Yes. You can enable it in Settings. By default, the app is in portrait mode, but many players find the landscape layout more comfortable because it is closer to the natural position of a guitar fretboard.

You can also choose Auto so that the markers and fretboard rotate based on device orientation, although a fixed orientation is usually more stable.

They are the real fingering for the chord: 1 = index, 2 = middle, 3 = ring, and 4 = pinky. It is the same notation you would find in a chord book.

They do not affect your score or any other aspect of the game. They appear briefly as extra information for guitarists and curious players who want to know the fingering used on a real guitar.

They are different ways of naming the same chords. Acordle lets you choose the notation that feels most familiar to you.

For example, the same note can appear as B or Si depending on the system. In German notation, you will also see cases like H instead of B natural, and B for B flat.

This only changes how chord names and keys are displayed in the app. It does not change the sound, fingering, or game rules. The setting is independent from the app language.

No. You can play and complete the entire scored game, across all three difficulty levels, without creating an account.

That said, we recommend signing up. With an account you get cloud sync, leaderboards, stats on your progress, monthly notifications, and access to Free Practice.

Creating an account is free. Acordle is committed to minimal personal data storage: there are no custom passwords and your email is not stored in plain text in the database.

If you ever change your mind, you can delete your account from the app settings or through the account deletion page.

Yes. If you are signed in, you can create verified public links for eligible games and final ranking entries. These pages show a summary of the result, such as nickname, score, level, duration, and ranking position.

Shared-result links are public. Anyone with the link can view them, and if the link is posted on a public website, social network, or forum, search engines and other crawlers may discover and index the shared page.

Yes. You can reactivate them from the app Settings. If the toggle shows OFF, you have already seen all tutorials available for your current level. If it shows ON, you still have some left to see.

You can force them all to show again by switching from OFF to ON. They will reappear when you enter the corresponding level or Free Practice.

Free Practice is a space to play without pressure. There is no timer, no score, and no lives: you can try chords at your own pace, hear how they sound, and explore different shapes.

Unlike the main mode, it is not about beating a session. You can draw chord shapes on the fretboard, strum or pluck string by string, see which chord the app recognises, and move within a key to explore related progressions.

In that sense, it also works like a reverse chord dictionary: instead of searching for a chord name to see its shape, you try a shape and Acordle tells you which chord it recognises.

When you place your fingers and strum, Acordle identifies in real time which chord you are forming. If the position does not match any known chord, you see a question mark. Some chords display ALT, which means it is a common alternative fingering for that same chord.

Free Practice is included without limits in the Full Version, but you can try it for a few minutes each day for free.

As a Full Version feature, Free Practice needs to be linked to your account in order to offer the free daily trial.

Being signed in also allows Acordle to restore the key and chord list you were practising with last time, so you can pick up where you left off.

The Full Version is a one-time purchase. It is not a subscription and there are no renewals.

• Unlimited Free Practice: no time limits or cooldown periods.
• No ads: ads are removed from the app.
• Full advanced stats: score progression, error analysis, and the chords you struggle with most.

If you change phones, you can restore your Full Version on the new device using Restore purchases.

The main game can work offline, whether you play without an account or while signed in. If you are signed in, games are saved locally and sync automatically once you are back online.

The features that require an internet connection are signing in, purchases, leaderboards, shared-result links, and Free Practice.

If you are signed in, your progress syncs automatically to the cloud. When you sign in on your new device, everything is restored.

If you already bought the Full Version, you can also recover it on your new device using Restore purchases. If you play without an account, your progress stays on the device and cannot be transferred.